[pct-l] Scissors Crossing through Black Mountain Road

[montypct]

Hiking mile 190 south to mile 77 after we are done visiting with Robocop and 
Dick Fernandez, two local trail angels of "Chihuahua Valley" Road area (mile 
128).

I will post conditions to the list and to the water report in 7 days.

Warner Springs Monty
Pacific Crest Trail 7500 Miles
CDT 2009
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark v" <allemande6 at yahoo.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] no hitchhiking


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> Kathi, i don't know of anyone who's done it.  Going back over all the 
> resupply stops, i think it would be easy (some added side trail miles, but 
> nothing over the top) to do EXCEPT for 4 places.  Would you be willing to 
> only hitch 4 times?
>
> Hikertown to Kennedy Meadows.  That's about 200 miles.  That's a pretty 
> long stretch without resupply, especially since it would mean carrying at 
> LEAST 8 days of food on your back through the Mojave Desert part.  The 
> standard would be to hitch into Mojave, Tehachapi, or Onyx.
>
> Tuolumne Meadows to Echo Lake.  150 miles.  Not so bad, except that's a 
> tough, slow section that gets a lot of people down.  More people this year 
> dropped out there than anywhere else.  Tough to do big miles through 
> there.  The standard would be to hitch into Bridgeport or (the other) 
> Kennedy Meadows, but an alternate plan might be to hitch into 
> Markleeville.  I'm not sure if that's close enough to walk to.  Anyone?
>
> Castella to Seiad Valley is a no big deal 150 miles, but you'd miss 
> hitching into Etna, which is a town it seems everyone really likes.
>
> Snoqualmie Pass to Stehekin (you're ok with busses, right?).  A very tough 
> 175 miles.  One of the hardest and slowest sections of the trail.  The 
> standard is to hitch into Skykomish.  They do so much that i couldn't 
> possibly suggest that the Dinsmores would come pick you up at the 
> trailhead, but i  know this year there were a couple of other past 
> thru-hikers with cars hanging out who were picking people up.  That 
> doesn't really count as hitching.
>
> So, it seems you could do it, but it also seems you could do it better if 
> you just made a couple of exceptions to hitch selectively.
>
> markv
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